Dope House is an

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based in Houston, Texas.Lomax, John Nova. "South Park Monster." '' Houston Press''. Thursday June 6, 2002
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Retrieved on February 6, 2011. "On a hot July day two years ago, the deputy constable from Precinct 1 pulled up yet again to the fortresslike Dope House Records headquarters on Center Street." It primarily releases hardcore,

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, and Southern hip hop.

History

Dope House Records was founded in 1995 by Carlos Coy (a.k.a.

South Park Mexican Carlos Coy (born October 5, 1970), known professionally as SPM (an initialism for South Park Mexican), is an American rapper, songwriter, founder of Dope House Records, and convicted sex offender. His stage name is derived from the South Park, ...

) who released his debut album '' Hillwood'' that same year. By 1997, Dope House, (having signed artist's Rasheed, Low-G, and Pimpstress) started working on SPM's second album "Hustle Town". Dope House released SPM's second album in March 1998, that same year. Baby Beesh (now

Baby Bash Ronald Ray Bryant (born October 18, 1969), better known by his stage name Baby Bash (formerly Baby Beesh), is an American rapper. From 1995 until 1998, as part of Dope House Records, after which he changed the last part of his stage name to "Bas ...

), joined the roster and they started to work on the next Dope House album "Power Moves: The Table" it was released on December 22, 1998. By 1999 Dope House Records was big and had eleven artists signed under them and all off them working on their debut albums, only available to

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in Majority of the works released under the Playaz Lifestyle label are the Southern US region and online

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outlets. However, for a time in early 2000 Dope House teamed up with Universal Records to gain some commercial success.''Houston Press'' – "South Park Monster" (page 3)
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Discography

;1995 *

– '' Hillwood'' ;1998 *South Park Mexican – ''

Hustle Town ''Hustle Town'' is the second solo studio album by American hip hop recording artist South Park Mexican. It was released on March 3, 1998 via Dope House Records. The album contains the hit single "Mary-Go-Round", which was an underground hit and ...

'' *South Park Mexican – '' Power Moves: The Table'' ;1999 *South Park Mexican – ''Latin Throne'' *South Park Mexican – '' The 3rd Wish: To Rock the World'' ;2000 *Lone Star Ridaz – ''Lone Star Ridaz'' *Lone Star Ridaz – ''Lone Star Ridaz (Screwed & Chopped)'' *Major Riley – ''The Untold Story'' *Rasheed – ''Let the Games Begin'' *South Park Mexican – ''

The Purity Album ''SPM Presents The Purity Album'' is a compilation album by American hip hop recording artist SPM and his labelmates from Dope House Records. It was released on August 15, 2000, and this is the first of three albums to be released with Universal ...

'' *South Park Mexican – '' Time Is Money'' *Various Artists – ''Latin Throne 2'' *24/7 Hustlers – ''Walkin' on Water'' (Unreleased) *Hillwood Hustlaz – ''Wheel Watchers'' (Unreleased) *Low-G – ''Black Jack: No Love, No Peace'' (Unreleased) *Pimpstress – ''Most Valuable Player'' (Unreleased) ;2001 *

Baby Beesh Ronald Ray Bryant (born October 18, 1969), better known by his stage name Baby Bash (formerly Baby Beesh), is an American rapper. From 1995 until 1998, as part of Dope House Records, after which he changed the last part of his stage name to "Bas ...

– '' Savage Dreams'' *Grimm – ''Before My Time'' *Lone Star Ridaz – ''Wanted'' *Lone Star Ridaz – ''Wanted (Chopped & Screwed)'' *South Park Mexican – ''

Never Change ''Never Change: The Pain and Glory Album'' is the seventh solo studio album by American hip hop recording artist SPM. It was released in late 2001 under a joint venture between Dope House Records and Universal Records Universal Music Gro ...

'' *Various Artists – ''Screwston Vol. I: The Day Houston Died'' *Various Artists – ''Screwston Vol. II: Pink Soda'' ;2002 *Baby Beesh – ''Get Wiggy!'' *Baby Beesh – ''

On Tha Cool ''On Tha Cool'' is the second studio album by the American rapper Baby Beesh, released on June 11, 2002, on Dope House Records. It was produced by Happy P, Big Ice & Oral Bee from Da Playboy Foundation and Johnny Z. The album has guest performan ...

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Juan Gotti Juan Ramos, better known by his stage name Juan Gotti, is an American rapper of Mexican descent, and member of Dope House Records. He raps in both Spanish and English. Biography Ramos was raised in Houston, Texas. He later moved to San Antonio. ...

– ''No Sett Trippin *Lone Star Ridaz – ''40 Dayz/40 Nightz'' *Lone Star Ridaz – ''Rules & Regulations'' (Unreleased) *Low-G & Rasheed – ''Wet Black'' *South Park Mexican – '' Reveille Park'' *Twin Beredaz – ''Twin Beredaz'' *Various Artists – ''Screwston Vol. III: Stuck in da Mud'' *Various Artists – ''Screwston Vol. IV: Screwologist'' *Various Artists – ''Screwston Vol. V: Purple Rain'' *Various Artists – ''Screwston Vol. VI: The World That Screw Build'' ;2003 *Baby Beesh – ''The Ultimate Cartel'' *Grimm – ''The Brown Recluse'' *Juan Gotti – ''El Mas Locote Mix'' *

Lucky Luciano Charles "Lucky" Luciano (, ; born Salvatore Lucania ; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States. Luciano started his criminal career in the Five Points gang and was instrumenta ...

– ''You Already Know'' *South Park Mexican – ''Hillwood & Hustle Town'' (Screwed & Chopped) *South Park Mexican – ''Reveille Park'' (Screwed & Chopped) ;2004 *

– ''

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'' *South Park Mexican – ''The 3rd Wish: To Rock the World'' (Screwed & Chopped) ;2005 *Lucky Luciano – ''The 4th Wish: To Sprinkle the World'' (Unreleased) *Rasheed – ''21st Century'' *South Park Mexican – ''Power Moves: The Table'' (Screwed & Chopped) *Twin Beredaz – ''Twin Beredaz 2: Coast & Quota'' (Unreleased) ;2006 *South Park Mexican – '' When Devils Strike'' ;2007 *South Park Mexican – ''Tha Purity Album II'' (Unreleased) ;2008 *South Park Mexican – '' The Last Chair Violinist'' ;2009 *South Park Mexican – ''The Last Chair Violinist: Slowed 'n' Throwed'' (Unreleased) ;2011 *Various Artists – ''Dope City: Purest in the Game'' ;2014 *South Park Mexican – '' The Son of Norma'' *South Park Mexican – '' 48: ;2018 ; ;• 2019 ;•South Park Mexican – ''The Devil's Mansion'' ;• Carley Coy – ''My Father's Revenge'' •2020 South Park Mexican – ''Telephone Road'' •2021 •Baby Los – ''Some Things Never Change''

Videography

*Mary-Go-Round *Latin Throne *Latin Throne 2

References

External links

Official website
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